"Modern man likes to pretend that his thinking is wide-awake. But this wide-awake thinking has led us into the mazes of a nightmare in which the torture chambers are endlessly repeated in the mirrors of reason."

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Source : Octavio Paz (1985). “The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre”, p.212, Grove Press

Octavio Paz

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Mirrors Quotes

“You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.”
“If every man's internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?”
“Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You can pray for whatever you want, but it is always best to pray for others, not for yourself.”
“The process of filmmaking is very musical, you get into the rhythm and the rhythmics of how someone is, especially with Woody Allen who is very much into body language and body movement.”
“It's time to recognize that the EU is beyond reform and deserves to be put out of its misery.”
“I've always been interested in people that you wouldn't see otherwise. If you look back at my books, photographs, and films-and since I'm doing this retrospective I've been forced to look back-the work is always about a small group of people who are somewhat isolated, and who you would never see if I didn't film or photograph them.”
“Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'”

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